Manifolding book



Jan. 22 1929. I 7 v 1,699,605

' ,E. K. BOTTLE AMI FOLDING BOOK FileQ .April 22,1925.

INVENTOR Patented Jan. 22, 1929.

uenrsn sra'rss PATENT OFFICE.

EDVVABD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO.

MANIFOLDING BOOK.

Application filed April 22, 1825. Serial No. 24,939.

This invention relates to manifolding devices and with respect to its more specific features to manifolding pads or books, wherewith several copies are made at one writing.

Among the objects of the invention are the provision of a simple and practical device of the character referred to adapted for the making of at-least four copies at one writing, three of which copies may be of durable paper, and two of which copies may remain indepcndently attached to the book and protect-ed from injury; to provide an eliicient device of the character referred to wherewith two of the durable copies may be removed from the book as one without disarranging or interfering with the two copies to be re tained; to provide a simple and practical arrangement of transfer material, as arbon sheets or leaves, so that it will be conveniently positioned for manipulation and operation without interfering with the retention of copies; to provide a book having the objects hereinbefore mentioned which is of simple construction and may be operated easily and accurately by unskilled operators.

Other objects of the invention will be in part obvious and will in part appear hereinafter.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view oft-he book,

with parts broken away for clearer disclosmg.

2 illustrates detail of Fig. 1, and

certain features.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing the manifolding book includes two pads of recerdleavcs so mounten on a pad support that the record leavesof one may be manipulated to lie in superposed manifolding reia'ticn to the record leaves of he other, the book having transfer material attaciied thereto, as carbon sheets or leaves which may be interposed between the superposed record leaves so that upon inscription being made upon an uppermost record leaf, the inscription will be copied upon underlying leaves.

'. 3 illustrates the book, modified as to The numerals 1, 2 and 3 indicate, respectively, an original, a duplicate and a triplicate record-leaf of one of the pads, this pad being generally indicated at A. Each of these leaves may be made of durable paper which is not translucent, inscription being upon the upper faces of these leaves and readable direct as distinguished from in reverse.

- The record leaves 1, 2 and 3 form a set of record leaves of this particular pad. and it. will. be understood that the pad is composed of several of such sets in superposed relation. In the present embodiment the leaves 1 and 2 are formed by folding an integral sheet of paper as indicated at l, and the fold line may be weakened, as by perforations, for convenience in tearing apart the leaves 1 and 2. The leaf 3 of each set has'a stub portion 5 between which and the main body of the leaf is a weakened line 6, which weakening may be effected by a series of perforations along the line 6, so that the main body of the leaf may readily be torn from the stubv 5.

The stubs 5 of the several sets of leaves are fastened together as by means of the staples 7. The record sheet of which the original and duplicate leaves 1 and 2 are composed is attached to the triplicate leaf 3 adjacent the stub 5. As illustrated, the duplicate leaf 2 is adhesively oined to the weakened triplicate leaf 3 by paste as indicated at 8, which may be either in a continuous line, or in one or more spots close to the stub 5. Each set of leaves in the pad A is constructed and arranged as ust described, and it will be noted that this pad has leaves, each of which presents a free end at the end of the pad remote from the stubs 5, so that carbon transfer sheets may be inserted between any two adaceilt lcaves of each set and at the same end of the pad.

In the present embodiment two carbon sheets, or leaves 9 and 10, are employed, one of which is interposed between the original and duplicate record leaves I and 2 and the other of which is interposed between the dnplicateand triplicate record leaves 2 and 3. Thus the transfer of inscription is made on the upper faces of the duplicate and triplicate leaves and is read direct. Each of the carbon leaves 9 and 10 may be double faced, but in the present embodiment the lower leaf 10 has the transfer material only on its under face, the upper leaf 9 having transfer material on both faces for a purpose hereinafter to appear. he upper or free ends of the carbon leaves 9 and 10 are arranged so as to be inserted between the free ends of the record leaves remote from the stub 5, and to be overlapped and inter-leaved with said record leaves. In order to retain said carbon leaves in the book they may be extended at their lower ends, or parts thereof remote from the free ends, to form carrier leaves, which are bound into the stub 5. It is preferable, however, to support the carbon leaves 9 and 10 by means of a single carrier leaf 11 of relatively heavy or strong material, such as manila paper, bound with the stubs 5, the carbon leaves being secured to the outer end of this carrier leaf, as by pasting, as indicated at 12. The carrier leaf 11 may be perforated transversely adjacent to the stub as indicated at 13, so that it may be readily detached from the pad. Two or more sets of carbon leaves may be attached at different depths in the pad of record leaves in the manner hereinbefore explained, though but one set is illustrated. When the record leaves above the topmost carrier leaf have been used up, said carrier leaf and the carbon leaves attached thereto will be removed so as to expose the original record leaf 1 of the nest underlying set of record leaves.

The numerals 14 indicate record leaves of a second pad B, these leaves being bound together at their stub ends as by staples 15. As these leaves 14 are ordinarily to be retained in the book they need not be perforated or weakened adjacent the stub, although they may be. In the embodiment illustrated, the leaves 141 are of tissue paper of a good quality suitable to receive transferred inscription. Also, the leaves 1 1 are adapted to be interleaved and placed in manifoldinp; relation with the leaves of the pad hereinbefore described.

The pads A. and l? are held in operative relation to each other by a pad support. In the present embodiment this support is coon posed of a plurality of superposed support leaves, there being three support leaves illustrated as indicated at 16, 17 and 18. This support is preferably made of relatively strong, stiff material, as for instance, pasteboard, the vthree support leaves beinp connected end to end in zigzag formation as indicated in Fig. 1. While this zigzag support might be made by bending a strip of the strong paper into the zigzag shape, it preferre to utilize separate support leaves and connect them fabric strips pasted thereto as indicated 19 and 20, the fabric strips forming sufficiently strong); hinges on which the support leaves may swing relative to each other. The stub end of the pad A is connected to the upper face of and at one end of the support leaf 16 by the staples '7 and the stub of the pad B is connected to the lower support leaf 18 by the sta )les 15 at the end of the latter which projects beyond the free end of pad A and is remote from the point of connection of the pad A. In this wise it will be seen that the leaves of one pad may extend from their stub ends toward the stub end of the other pad with the leaves of the two pads in superposed relation to each other. 7

Furthermore it will be noted that the pad A is connected to a different support leaf from the pad l3, and that the pad B is so connected to the support leaf 18 that its leaves may lie between the support leaves 17 and 18, which latter leaves provide a compartment for the reception of the leaves 1 1. Also, it will be noted that the support leaves 16 and 1'? provide therebetween a compartment into which the leaves of the pad A may be inserted by folding the latter leaves around the stub end of the pad A and the adjacent end of the support leaf 16, as indicated in Fig. 1.. Thus the pad support provides coinpartments for the reception of the leaves of each of the pads while said leaves are connected to the book, in which compartments the leaves ma j be retained flat, out of the way and protected from injury.

in setting; the book for inscription, the original and duplicat leaves 1 and 2 are thrown back and the carbon leaf 10 is manipulated 4 into manifolding position on the triplicate leaf 3. Thereupon the duplicate leaf is thrown down onto the carbon leaf 10 and the carbon leaf 9 thereupon manipulated and placed. upon the duplicate leaf. Thereupon, having thrown back the leaves 14 0f the tissue pad, the immediately presented tissue leaf is placed upon the upper face of the carbon leaf 9. Then the original leaf 1 is brought down onto the tissue leaf. Inscription is now made upon the upper face of the original leaf 1, and will be transferred to the underlying leaves of the set, resulting in the production of one inscribed original and three copies. The inscribed original may then be grasped and, by

a slight jerk, both the original and the duplica te detached at the pasted part from the triplicate as one. The triplicate and the tissue retained in the book at the respective stubs may be readily placed in their respective compartments as hereinbefore explained, and the next set of leaves of the pad hand the next leaf of the pad B will thereupon present themselves in position to be set for inscription as just explained. There will thus be produced direct inscriptions on three durable leaves, and a fourth inscription on the tissue, which latter may be read through the translucent tissue. Also it will be noted that the tissue leaf is so situated as to permit its being arranged to make the fourth copy without disturbing the relative arrangement and conll ll struction of the leaves of pad A, so that all the conveniencies and functions of the latter are preserved, and the used leaves of the respective pads are readily acommodated by the compartments.

It will be noted that the carbon leaves 9 and 10 extend from the carrier leaf 11 at the end of the pad A which is adjacent the stub end of the pad B, so that not only may the carbon leaves readily be inserted between the leaves of the pad A, but the carbon leaf 9 may be utilized for successive leaves of the pad B without interfering with the manipulation of the book or the storing of the inscribed leaves of either pad.

lVhen, for any reason, it desired to permit the retained leaves of the pad A merely to be thrown back withoutentering any protective compartment, but to provide a protective compartment for the tissue lCtD/(FH of pad 15, the intern'iediate support leaf 17 may be omitted, and the support leaf for pad l3 oined to swing from the end of support leaf 16 adjas V bination, a pad including a series of sets of cent the stub of pad A, as illustrated in Fig. 3, in which the stub end of the tissue pad B is stapled to the lower support leaf 25 at the free ends of the leaves of pad A, but the support leaf 25 swings at the connection 26, and its opposite end projects outside the freeend of the pad A, for attachment of pad B.

Thus by the above described construction are accomplished, among others, the objects hereinbefore described.

Since certain changes may be made in the arti le and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

l. A manifoldingbook including, in combination, a pad support including three superposed support leaves connected in zigzag, a pad carried by one of said support leaves so that the pad leaves, while connected to the )OOk, are adapted to be folded around the end of their support leaf and ins a the same and the next adjacent support leaf, said pad having a plurality of pad leaves detachably connected together in proximity to thei idjacent ends so as to form a plurality of sets of pad leaves, the pad leaves of each set having free. unattached ends remote from the connected ends thereof, whereby they may be swung apart so as to receive another leaf between the adjacent leaves of each said set, a second pad carried by another of said support leaves so that its leaves,'while connected to the book, may either be interleaved with those of the first mentioned pad or dislicd between I posed between the two lower of said support leaves.

A manifolding book including, in combination, a pad support including three superposed support leaves connected in zigzag, a pad carried by one of said support leaves so that the pad leaves, while connected to the book, are adapted to be folded around the end of their support leaf and inserted between the same and the next adjacent support leaf, a second pad carried by another of said support leaves so that its leaves, while connected to the book, may either be interleaved with those of the first mentioned pad or disposed between the two lower of said support leaves, a carbon leaf for insertion between superposed pad leaves, and a carrier-leaf forming a leaf of the first mentioned pad, the carbon leaf extending from said carrier leaf at the end adjacent the stub end of said second pad and adapted to lie in manifolding position for successive leaves of said second pad.

3. A manifolding book comprising, incomrecord leaves one of which has a weakened line to form a stud, each set including three leaves, two of which are adhesively joined to the weakened leaf adjacent said stub, said stubs being fastened together, a pad support including three superposed support leaves connected in zigzag, the stub end of said pad being attached at one end of the upperof said support leaves, so that the stub attached leaves are adapted to be folded around the end of their support leaf and inserted between the same and the next adjacent support leaf, a second pad the stub end of which is attached to the lower sup-port leaf at the end remote from the point of attachment of the first mentioned pad and so that its leaves may either be interleaved with those ofthe first mentioned pad or disposed between the two lower of said support leaves.

4. A manifol ding book com prising, in com bination, a support including three relatively still superposed support leaves connected in zigzag, and two pads, the leaves of one of which are connected to the upper face of the upper support leaf at one end of the latter and arranged insets, the leaves of each set having detachable attachment with each other at adjacent ends thereof and having free, 1111- attached opposite ends whereby they may be swung apartso as to receive another leaf between the adjacent leaves of each said set, and the leaves of the other of which are connected to the upper face of the lower support leaf at the end of the latter remote fromthe point record leaves, one of which has a weakened line to form a stub, each set including three leaves, two of which are adhesively joined to the weakened leaf adjacent said stub, said stubs being fastened together, a second pad of record leaves, the pads arranged so that the leaves of one extend from the stub end towards the stub end of the other pad with the leaves of the two pads in superposed relation to each other, a pad supper to which the stub end of each record leaf is operatively connected, said support including a plurality of superposed relatively stiff swinging support leaves, the pads being connected to different support leaves, the leaves of said second pad being disposed on their support leaf so as to swing from manifolding position relative to the leaves of the other pad to position between two adjacent of said support leaves.

6. A inanifolding book comprising, in combination, a pad including a series of sets of record leaves, one of which has a weakened line to form a stub, each set including three leav-s, two of which are adhesively joined to the weakened leaf adjacent said. stub, said stubs being fastened together, a second pad of record leaves, the pads arranged so that the leaves of one extend from the stud end toward the stud end of two other pad with the leaves of the two pads in superposed relation to each other, a pad support to which the stub end of each record leaf is operatively connected, said support including a plurality of superposed relatively stiff swinging support leaves, the pads being connected to different support leaves, the leaves of said second pad being disposed on their support leaf so as to swing from manifolding position relative to the leaves of the other pad to position between two adjacent of said support leaves a carrier leaf, and a double face carbon leaf extending from said carrier leaf adapted to be placed in inanifolding position between leaves from each pad.

7. A inanifolding book comprising, in combination, a pad including a series of sets of record leaves, one of which has a weakened line to form a stub, each set including three leaves, two of which are adhesivcly joined to the weakened leaf adjacent said stub, said record leaves, the pads arranged so that the leaves of one extend from the stub on d toward the stub end of the other pad with the leaves of the two pads in superposed relation to each other a pad support to which the stub end of each record leaf is operatively connected, said support including a plurality of superposed relatively stiff swinging support leaves, the wads being connected to different support leaves, the leaves of said second pad being disposed on their support leaf so as to swing from inanifolding position relative to the leaves of the other pad to position between two adjacent of said support leaves, a carrier leaf, and a double face carbon leaf e2 eerees tending from said carrier leaf adapted to be placed in inanifolding position between leaves from each pad, said carbon leaf extending from that end of the first mentioned pad 0pposite its stub end.

8. A manifolding book comprising, in combination, a pad including a series of sets of record leaves, one of which has a weakened line to form a stub, each set including three leaves, two of which are adhesively joined to the weakened leaf adjacent said stub, said stubs being fastened together, a second pad of record leaves, the pads arranged so that the leaves of one extend from the stubend towards the stub end of the other pad with the leaves of the two pads in superposed relation to each other, a pad support to which the stub end of each record leaf is operatively COI1- nected, said support includin a plurality of superposed relatively stiff swinging support leaves, the pads being connected to different support leaves, the leaves of said second pad being disposed on their support leaf so as to swing from inanifolding position relative to the leaves of the other pad to position between two adjacent of said support leaves, the connection between said second pad and its support leaf being at a part of the support leaf which projects beyond the free end of the first mentioned pad.

9. A manifolding book including, in con1- bination, a plurality of relatively superposed supporting leaves connected together for relaswinging movement, a pad connected to one end of one of said supporting leaves and arranged in overlapping relation therewith and having its leaves arranged in sets, the leaves of each set having detachable attach: nient with each other at adjacent ends thereof and having free, unattached opposite ends whereby they may be swung apart so as to receive another leaf between the free ends of the adjacent pad leaves of each said set, and a second pad connected to another of said supporting; leaves at the end thereof remote frointhe point of connection of the first mentioned pad and having its leaves positioned so that they may be interleaved in manifolding relation with the leaves of said first mentioned pad or disposed between said swingingly connected supporting leaves.

10. A niianifolding book including, in combination, a plurality of relatively superposed supporting leaves connected together for rela tive swinging movement, a pad connected to one end of one of said supporting leaves and arranged in overlappingrelation therewith and having its leaves arranged in sets, the leav s of each set having detachable attachmentwith each other at adj acent ends thereof and having free, unattached opposite ends whereby they maybe swung apart so as to receive another leaf between the freeends of the adjacent pad leaves ofeach said set, a second pad connected to another of saidsupporting leaves at the end thereof remote from the to in position tohe moved between said free point of connection of the first mentioned pad ends of adjacent leaves of said first mentioned 1 and having its leaves positioned so that they pad into manifolding relation with said may be interleaved in manifolding relation leaves.

with the leaves of said first mentioned pad or In testimony whereof I affix my signadisposed between said swingingly connected ture.

supporting leaves, and a transfer leaf carried by said manifolding book and attached there- EDVVARD KIRBY BOTTLE. 

